Beware! There's sex in this chapter!
Chapter 11
EPOV
The next couple of days, I try and stay busy as I wait for the email from Garrett. Thankfully, Bella and I haven't heard from James since the day he came over for dinner.
As I sit behind the desk, looking over paperwork for the company's next big contract, the office phone rings from the corner of my desk.
"Edward Masen" I say after I pick it up and place it to my ear.
"Edward, can you stop by the conference room, I need to discuss something with you" Carlisle says. I tell him I'll be there in a couple of minutes and hang up the phone. As I push back my chair and go to get up from the seat, a million things run through my mind. I have no idea what Carlisle needs to speak to me about, and I'm freaking out.
I mentally go over everything I've done this past week, trying to remember if everything I've sent out has been correct, did I send out the faxes on time, did I look over everything, making sure all of my T's were crossed and my I's were dotted? Could I have made a mistake?
I walk across my office, and grab the door handle, pulling it down and opening it. I walk down the hall towards the elevator and press the 9 button, making my way to the conference room, every step I take harder than the last. When I finally find myself in front of the door, I take a deep breath and reach for the knob, hoping like hell that if I've made a mistake, it's fixable. I tap my knuckles against the door, and once he says 'come in', I turn the knob and make my way inside.
Carlisle is sitting behind the table, tapping away at the keys on his laptop. I walk over the spot across from him and stand there, not really sure if I should sit or stand.
"Have a seat, Edward" he says. I take a deep breath, and slump down into the chair, waiting for him to finish what he's doing.
He finally looks up at me, and smiles, which calms me down a lot. Carlisle has turned out to be a father figure for me. Ever since I met him and Esme, when I became friends with Emmett, he's take me in as if I was his own child. He's done the same with Alice and Bella. Lila calls them Ma and Papa, as if they were her grandparents.
"Edward, do you remember the Peterson account, over in New York?" he asks, and I nod my head. Of course I remember that one, I worked on it forever, and we finally came to an agreement about a month ago on it.
I nod my head, and tell him I do. He reaches down on the ground next to him, and lifts his briefcase up, placing it on the table in front of him. He opens it, and takes out an envelope and hands it to me. It takes me a while to figure out what it is, but once my breathing is under control and I can actually focus, I realize that it's an airline ticket.
"They want you to go over there, as a thank you for doing so much for them. You leave tonight and come back Tuesday night" he says. I smile, excited that I'm being given this nice little vacation, but immediately my mind goes to my wife and daughter.
"I can't go, Carlisle. I don't want to leave Bella and Lila… You take it" I say, holding out my ticket for him, only to have his shake his head at me.
"Don't be silly, Edward. They added Bella and Lila on already; if you would have looked, there's 3 tickets in that envelope." he says, grinning at me now. My heart leaps into my chest as I look through the envelope, and sure enough, there are 2 other tickets in there.
"Thank you, Carlisle" I say. I stand up and shake his hand and he tells me to go take Bella, and go home to pack. I thank him again, and make my way out the door. I pass Bella's office, and walk over to the elevator. Once I'm on my floor, I quickly collect my shit, and pass Lauren's desk on my way back to the elevators.
"Lauren, I'm leaving for the day. Forward all of my calls to voicemail, I'll take care of things once I get back on Wednesday" I say as I pass her and walk to the elevators. I hear her say "Yes Sir", but I don't turn back.
I press the down button on the elevator and wait for it to stop at my floor. I'm jumping with excitement, happy that Bella and Lila and I are going to be able to explore the city, enjoy our time together as a family, away from all the craziness. Away from Lauren, who is practically acting like a bitch in heat these days, and away from James, who is trying to move in on my wife.
Just me and my family in the big city.
The elevator lands on my floor, and I step in quickly, pressing 9, and waiting as the doors slide close and I descend to the next floor down. As soon as I hear the ding, telling me I've landed on Bella's floor, I wait impatiently for the doors to open so I can take my wife home, and we can be on our way to get our daughter and get ready for the trip.
The doors slide open and I buck out of the elevator, and down the hall. I barge into Bella's office, startling her. She holds her hand to her heart and stands up from her chair, rushing over to me.
"Damn it… You scared me! What is going on?" she asks. I hold up the envelope and smile.
"We're going to New York for the next couple of days. So, you need to grab your things so we can go home and pack, our flight leaves in…" I look down at my watch, "5 hours"
At this point, Bella is looking at me like I have 3 frickin heads. She shakes her head slowly, from side to side, and squints her eyes at me.
"What do you mean? What about Lila? We can't leave her…" I hold my finger up, and walk towards her.
"She's coming too. This is going to be a mini family vacation for us. No work, No stressing, no drama. Just you, me and our daughter enjoying ourselves…" I say. She smiles up at me, and pulls me to her. Our lips crash together; she moves her hands up to my hair, and tugs softly. I groan, because it feels great when she does that to me, and my hands travel down from her back and down to her ass. I cup the swells in my hands, and squeeze gently, causing her to moan and step back from me.
"Well…. Let's go!" she says, and runs over to her desk. She has all of her things in her hands a second later and then we make out way out to the hall and over to the elevators.
BPOV
"I love you, Alice! We'll see you on Wednesday!" I yell out at my sister in law.
"Don't forget to get us some souvenirs from over there" she yells out with a huge smile on her face. I laugh and agree to do that as I strap Lila in her car seat.
Edward and I went straight home after we left work. We went inside and packed quickly, and both took showers and changed. Now we are just leaving Alice's house, and once I finish clipping Lila into her car seat, I wave at Alice and sit down in the front seat and Edward pulls out onto the street.
I grab on to his hand as he drives, the smile never leaving my face.
Edward and I agreed not to take our cell phones along on the trip. These next couple of days are just going to be focused on us, and we don't need anyone calling to ruin that for us. If there's an emergency, Alice and Rose know where to reach us, but anything else can wait.
I get more excited as we near the airport. I'm not too fond of flying, but knowing that in a few hours, Edward, Lila and I are going to be in our beautiful hotel room at the Waldorf Astoria, relaxing and enjoying each others company.
Saturday night, after going out to times square so Lila could see the lights and people, Edward and I make our way back to the hotel, with a sleeping Lila in our arms. The day had been a busy one. We slept in, since our flight landed at 7 this morning, and we went straight up to bed, to get a proper rest in. We rushed into our beautiful suite, and placed Lila in the big bed in the room across from ours, and then we knocked out as soon as our heads hit the pillow on our bed. Lila woke up around 10, energetic and ready to go, so we ordered food, and then went out to explore the city.
We've done so much today, and we are exhausted. Toy stores, candy stores, parks…. And tomorrow, we're just going to go out and explore some more and come home feeling just like this….
But it's worth it.
"Ugh, even my toes are tired… I swear, I'm going to fall asleep as soon as I hit that pillow" I say, as I peel off my clothes from the day. Edward's head turns up and he watches me, lifting an eyebrow and walking over to me. He brings his arms up and wraps them around my waist, and I lean my head forward, resting my face against his hard, warm chest.
"I hope you're not too tired… I had plans…." I look up at him, and narrow my eyes.
"What did you have in mind?" I ask, and he smirks down at me, and kisses the top of my head. He starts walking towards the bathroom, and slowly tugs me along. Once we reach the doorway, he flicks on the light and I inhale sharply.
The bathtub is filled with water and rose petals are floating on the surface. I can see the steam from the warm water as it rises into the air, and the smell of rose and freesia bath oil is lingering in the air. On the counter top there's an assortment of massage oils, and creams as well as two fluffy bathrobes, hung on a hook by the tub. I turn around and smile at Edward, who is looking down at me lovingly. He leads me over to the bathtub and turns to face me. I'm only in my shirt and panties at this point, and Edward leans down, capturing my mouth with his.
After a series of slow, passionate kisses, he grabs the hem of my shirt and slowly starts to tug it up my body, and then over my head. My shirt is tossed to the corner of the room, and his hands are on me. His fingers dance across my neck and collarbone, and dip in between my breasts. I lean my head back and close my eyes, just enjoying the feelings just his touch brings out in me. I feel his lips at my neck as he kisses and nips at the skin before moving lower, following the trail he just left with his fingers. Goosebumps rise on my flesh as his mouth moves to my breasts, kissing and biting everywhere but where I want him to be.
"Edward" I moan out, and I cry out as his tongue darts out and licks at the tight peak that has been desperately waiting to feel him. My hands bury into his hair, pulling his head closer as he bites and licks and then repeats the same on the other breasts.
After a while, his lips continue their descent and he moves to his knees. I whimper as his mouth gets closer and closer to my center, where I'm soaked and ready for him. His eyes wander to mine as he reaches the top of my panties, and they are hooded and flooding with desire. I bite my lip and watch as he hooks his fingers into the waistband of my panties, and slowly starts to tug them down my legs. I step out of them and kick them over to the side.
Edward stays on his knees and spreads my legs, pushing my inner thighs further apart, and then running his hands up my legs and then behind me, resting them on my ass. I tug on my lips harder as I watch him lick his lips and move forward.
"Ugh, Edward" I grunt out as his tongue slowly licks up my slit.
"I need you now, Bella" he says and then stands in front of me, frantically tugging his pants and underwear down as I work on his shirt. Once his clothes are nestled in the corner, along with mine, Edward and I step into the bathtub, the warmth of the water warming our once chilled bodies. He sits on the seat, water rising to his chest and brings his arms out for me to sit with him. I trudge through the petal filled water and stand before him, and slowly, I place my knees on either side of his hips, and sit on his lap. Our lips meet, tongues dart out and work against each other, and his hands move to my hips while my hands find their way to his hair.
"Please, baby" he whispers against my lips and I nod my head, knowing exactly what he needs because I need it too. I lift my hips slowly, my lips never leaving his, and I position myself over his hard length. In one quick motion, I take all of him inside of me and we both let out a loud moan once our pelvises meet. I throw my head back and slowly start to rock my hips, closing my eyes and enjoying the feel of him sliding in and out of me.
"I love you so much, Bella" he moans into my neck as his mouth moves there and he begins nipping and kissing once more. We start moving faster against one another as the feel of our impending orgasms increases.
"Mmmm Edward!" I yell out as I start to clench around his length with my orgasm, my body milking his length until he joins me and spills his warmth into me. My head falls to his shoulder, and our chests move against each other as we fight to get enough air into our bodies.
I pull my face back to meet his once my breathing returns somewhat to normal, and he slowly opens his eyes. He smiles, and I give him one back, before leaning down and capturing his soft lips once more.
James POV
I bring my phone to my ear after I dial the number once more, but I get the voicemail again.
I've been calling Bella for days now. I started calling on Saturday, to see if she wanted to have dinner but I got no answer. Same thing happened on Sunday as well, and I called all day. I think I might have called her a total of 80 times on both days and all I heard was her fucking answering machine.
Today is Monday, and I'm on the forth call, but if she thinks she's going to fucking just ignore my calls, she has another thing coming.
My mind flashes back to another time when I was being ignored. I felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest… to have someone you love so much just ignore you like that, it's enough to drive a person crazy….
And it did.
I shake the memories out of my head, I don't want to think Bella would do the same thing as that bitch did….
I try and call once more, this time dialing her office number, only to get the voicemail there.
With rage boiling inside of me, I get up from the couch and grab the keys on the counter. I run out of the house, not even bothering to lock the fucking door to Kate's house and make my way to her truck, starting it and driving off quickly towards Bella's job.
What if she is ignoring me?
I doubt that she would… unless Masen has something to do with this. The mere mention of his name causes my head to pound and I clutch on to the steering wheel, feeling the pain as my skin stretches hard over my knuckles. The gas pedal is almost on the floor of the car as I speed my way to Cullen Enterprises. The cold rain hit's the windshield and me as I fly through the streets with my window open, but I feel nothing. I won't feel nothing until I get there and I see her.
After what seems like forever, I pull up to the front of the building, parking into one of the spaces and running out of the car. I push through the revolving doors, and into the lobby on the main floor, ignoring all of the stares I'm getting as I make my way over to the elevators. I tap my foot impatiently as I wait for the damn thing to land on this floor.
When it finally dings, letting me know it's here, I stand by the doors as they open and push past people stepping off, earning stares and dirty looks from the people, but I don't give a fuck.
I press the 9 button and then start tapping the close door button, willing the doors to close so that no other fucker gets in here with me. The doors close and the elevator rides up, and I watch as the numbers get higher.
I hit the 9th floor, and once the doors open, I fly out, walking into the front lobby and walking right past the receptionist. I walk down the hall and pass Bella's secretary as well, who tries to stop me but I push her away, causing her to hit her back on the side wall. I reach Bella's door and turn the knob and push.
The door swings open and bounces off of the wall, and all I see is darkness. Bella isn't behind her desk, or anywhere else. I hear footsteps coming up behind me, so I flick on the lights and turn to see who it is.
Emmett comes into the doorway with a questioning look on his face.
"What the fuck is going on, man?" he asks.
"Where's Bella?" I ask, and he shakes his head.
"She went on vacation with Edward…. You don't need to storm in here like this, man. I think you need to leave.." he says and then starts to walk towards me, but I back up.
"Why the hell wouldn't she tell me… why didn't she say she was going… instead I have to call her and deal with her not answering the phone??" I say. My ass hit's the edge of her desk and I stop, resting my hands on the top of her desk as Emmett comes closer.
"They both left their phones here, they wanted to have a good time without disruptions…. You'll see her when she gets back, man, but right now you need to go" he says, and I fucking lose it.
They didn't want any disruptions??? Is that what she thinks I am? A disruption?
I turn around quickly, facing the desk and grab the monitor of her computer, and lift it over my head. I turn my body and haul it to the side wall, sending pieces of it flying everywhere. I then turn back to the desk, and starts pushing things off of her desk. Her phone, papers, her keyboard… everything hit's the ground and before I can walk to the other side of the desk and start ripping her papers in her desk, I feel arms wrap around my waist and pull me away. I start to move towards the door, and I pass Emmett and his father in the office, both giving me death glares. Once out in the hallway, I notice that everyone has come out of their office and are watching me right now, as I get carried over to the elevators by security. I kick and try to get loose, with whoever has a hold of me, they're not letting go.
Once we reach the first floor, I'm carried out and taken to the front door, while everyone in the lobby stops what they're doing and watches.
"We don't ever want to see you in here again, got it douche bag?" the security guy says, and then throws me into the revolving glass doors.
I loose my footing and crash to the pavement. I stand up and brush myself off, and then turn back around and flick off the security guard.
"I'll be back, motherfucker" I yell and then turn back to walk to my car. The fact that she felt it was more important to ignore me and go off with Masen is making her more and more like….
I shake my head, throwing that name out of my head, I won't let myself think it.
If Bella thinks she can play this little game with me, she has another thing coming.
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